backhanded
(adjective) roundabout or ambiguous; “attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity”; “a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal”
backhanded, backhand(a)
(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
With the back of the hand.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Indirect.
Backwards, turned around.
(of writing) inclining to the left
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
backhanded
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
In a backhanded manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"hand`ed, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
Back"hand`, n. Etym: [Back, adv. + hand.]
Definition: A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Back"hand`, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
